Beginning, principle - Principio (The 338th Most Common Spanish Word)

In Spanish, the word for Beginning, principle is Principio. This word often comes up when talking about time & frequency. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 338th most common word in Spanish. It can be used as noun. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common Spanish words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: beginning, principle

Spanish: principio

Examples


Life is the beginning of death.	La vida es el principio de la muerte.
Let's begin at the beginning.	Vamos a empezar por el principio.
The end is the beginning of the impossible.	El final es el principio de lo imposible.
I watched the game from beginning to end.	Vi ese partido de principio a fin.
Whatever has a beginning also has an end.	Todo lo que tiene un principio también tiene un final.
Our plan went wrong from the beginning.	Nuestro plan salió mal desde el principio.
I found this book interesting from beginning to end.	Este libro me pareció interesante de principio a fin.
Years ago this principle was widely recognized.	Hace años este principio era ampliamente reconocido.

Majority rule is a basic principle of democracy.	La ley de la mayoría es un principio básico de la democracia.
He left for England at the beginning of August.	Salió hacia Inglaterra a principio de agosto.
Esperanto speakers are in principle still at least bilingual.	Los hablantes de esperanto son, en principio, por lo menos bilingües.
Start at the beginning.	Comienza del principio.
Tom read the Bible in its entirety, from the beginning to the end.	Tom leyó la Biblia entera, de principio a fin.
The second principle, is to never, ever abandon a mission.	El segundo principio, es que nunca, nunca, abandones una misión.
The first principle of dialectical thought is absolute objectivity.	El primer principio del pensamiento dialéctico es la objetividad absoluta.
This was the beginning of the modern academic tradition.	Éste era el principio de la tradición académica moderna.
The Committee is willing to accept this part in principle.	El Comité en principio está dispuesto a aceptar esta parte.
Amendments Nos 10, 11 and 15 are acceptable in principle.	Las enmiendas 10, 11 y 15 son aceptables en principio.
The second section of this amendment is, in principle, acceptable.	La segunda parte de la enmienda es, en principio, aceptable.
Weakening of democracy: Switzerland works according to the bottom-up principle.	Debilitamiento de la democracia: Suiza funciona según el principio abajo-arriba.
Love is a magnet and the beginning of achievement.	El amor es un imán y el principio del logro.